Is Bekka the best female vocalist of Fleetwood Mac?

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by Street_Dreamer

That's fine. I'm not a Stevie fan and I don't go posting negativity in her forum. That's all I'm saying.

Matt

I do.

[ButterCookie]

I've not voted in the poll, but I do want to say to Meowi, please do listen to Time. Homer encouraged me to and I'm glad I did. I don't enjoy Bekka's voice much (don't anyone please take offence at that, chances are you don't like half the musicians I do) but Christine outshines even her Tango songs on there. Nights in Estoril is in my top 5 favourite songs by Chris. I do agree that Bekka has the most trained voice, I just don't particularly like it. Like Chris said though, listen to Time even if it's just to say you don't like it

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

I've not voted in the poll, but I do want to say to Meowi, please do listen to Time. Homer encouraged me to and I'm glad I did. I don't enjoy Bekka's voice much (don't anyone please take offence at that, chances are you don't like half the musicians I do) but Christine outshines even her Tango songs on there. Nights in Estoril is in my top 5 favourite songs by Chris. I do agree that Bekka has the most trained voice, I just don't particularly like it. Like Chris said though, listen to Time even if it's just to say you don't like it

Thats ok though, to say, "I've listened to Time a few times, and Bekka's voice just didn't do it for me". I think the same thing about Lindsey Buckingham, but at least I can say I listened.

It really is just those who refuse to listen to Time that cause the angry response (at least from me).

Like I said earlier, Bekka has matured a lot from when I first heard her back in 1995. When I bought Time it was the current album and I thought to myself "This girl has a nice voice" but I wasn't totally into Stevie at that point so it didn't strike me as odd that she wasn't there.

Now having progressed through the years through the Bekka & Billy album and her solo album (or both if you count the one sold at shows) I can see how this young woman has developed an amazing voice and how much it has matured since 1995.

I do encourage anyone who doesn't like her Time stuff to go out and at least listen to her latest album.

[ButterCookie]

Originally Posted by chriskisn

Like I said earlier, Bekka has matured a lot from when I first heard her back in 1995. When I bought Time it was the current album and I thought to myself "This girl has a nice voice" but I wasn't totally into Stevie at that point so it didn't strike me as odd that she wasn't there.

I made a point of listening to her solo work, just incase it was only Time that I didn't like I've never been 'mad' at her for 'trying to replace Stevie', because she just has never done that. Albeit I'm obviously not the biggest Stevie fan on the boards but I'd not want to brand her with something like that when she just didn't do that and had no intentions of doing so. Had she been twirling in black chiffon, maybe then I'd have had something to say on the matter

As for the poll, I can't vote unless the entire existance of Christine is wiped from my memory

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

I made a point of listening to her solo work, just in case it was only Time that I didn't like

Hmm... you and I need to discuss Dave Walker sometime

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

i do not think bekka is the best female singer in FM I saw her on the time tour back in 1995 I believe and I though she was terrible especially to pretend she is Stevie Nicks.

The LAST thing Bekka did was "pretend she is Stevie Nicks"...she brought her own whole new thing to Fleetwood Mac.

The sad thing is that too many people in the audience had chiffon colored blinders & earplugs on to notice.

Open minds, people, open minds.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by chiliD

The LAST thing Bekka did was "pretend she is Stevie Nicks"...she brought her own whole new thing to Fleetwood Mac.

The sad thing is that too many people in the audience had chiffon colored blinders & earplugs on to notice.

Open minds, people, open minds.

And I saw Time, and thought she was EXCELLENT! She completely won me over! Stevie Who?

Chiffon colored blinders? Can I use that?

Open minds, are the last thing, Goatina's fans have ever been accused of possessing.....

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

I did see the time tour show and only opinion of what I saw if she is her own individual singer for the band she should have sang her own songs only don't try to pretend to be stevie nicks and wearing black chiffon and cloaks singing Stevie songs I am sorry she was pretending to be stevie and I am not the only one on here that says this either about bekka I am sure individually she is an ok singer nothing strong came out of that part of FM that is why she only lasted one cd and tour with just to me that part of FM was not FM to me. And Yes Bekka was trying to pretend to be Stevie when doing Stevie FM songs on that tour. Alot of people got up and was leaving during there performance I left in the middle or after Gold Dust Woman I just don't like other singers trying to pretend to be Stevie my opinion Stevie is Stevie end of story if Bekka was so great in FM she would be still in the band. Stevie Nicks is FM with out Stevie Nicks there is no FM End of Story. Your going to get these opinions when you post survey like this. Sorry if Offend the Bekka fans just my opinion.

Okay, first of all, some punctuation would really make this post a heck of a lot more readable. Just a suggestion.

Secondly, it's always been expected of new members of Fleetwood Mac to sing the songs of the previous incarnations. Stevie and Lindsey had to pay their dues this way as well. Why would Bekka be any different? People always talk about how Stevie was the reason for Fleetwood Mac's huge success (and, for the record, I'm not saying that I agree with that notion). So if that's true, why on earth would Fleetwood Mac drop her songs from their setlist? That doesn't make any sense. And I vaguely recall reading somewhere that Christine did not tour for Time. So if it's pretty much a given that Fleetwood Mac would continue to perform Stevie's songs (as they have done with the songs of ALL other former members), who would you have sing them? Dave Mason?

Get real, people.

[ButterCookie]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

nothing strong came out of that part of FM

NIGHTS IN ESTORIL

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

Stevie Nicks is FM with out Stevie Nicks there is no FM End of Story.

No. Stevie Nicks is NOT Fleetwood Mac. End of Story. Fleetwood Mac formed in 1967... that's SEVEN years before Lindsey and Stevie joined. Stevie is one fifth of one incarnation of Fleetwood Mac. Incarnation, just as Greeny's era is, Bob Welch's era is, Bekka and Dave's era and Rick & Billy's era are. Argh is this for real?

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

And I vaguely recall reading somewhere that Christine did not tour for Time.

No, she didn't

And like Vicky said, it's normal for different members to sing each others songs. Lindsey singing Green Manalishi, Oh Well... I could go on, but it's likely to be falling on deaf ears.

[StreetAngel95]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

Stevie Nicks is FM with out Stevie Nicks there is no FM End of Story.

actually......without Mick Fleetwood and John McVie there is no Fleetwood Mac....

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel95

actually......without Mick Fleetwood and John McVie there is no Fleetwood Mac....

Which begs the question...Why has Fleetwood Mac never played "Werewolves Of London" in concert? I know it's not required, but it would've been an amazing gesture to Warren Zevon.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

I saw her on the time tour back in 1995 I believe and I though she was terrible especially to pretend she is Stevie Nicks.

She never pretended to be Stevie Nicks.

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

I did see the time tour show and only opinion of what I saw if she is her own individual singer for the band she should have sang her own songs only don't try to pretend to be stevie nicks and wearing black chiffon and cloaks singing Stevie songs I am sorry she was pretending to be stevie and I am not the only one on here that says this either about bekka

BULL****!

1. Bekka NEVER wore Chiffon.

2. She only sang ONE Stevie Nicks song regularly, Gold Dust Woman. The rest were Christine McVie songs. I don't see Christine McVie fans all up in arms that somebody else sang one of her songs. (Except when Stevie did, but only because she screwed up the lyrics...BADLY.) AND, it was a completely different arrangement. I'd much rather hear a fresh take on a classic than to hear some strung-out cheesy cover by Courtney Love.

3. Why do originals when the band NEVER toured in support of Time? They only toured prior to the album's release. I'm sure they would've done more originals if they weren't doing 12 song sets.

4. The beautiful thing about Bekka Bramlett is that she has famous parents. Watch Bonnie Bramlett on YouTube and try to convince ANYBODY that Bekka was trying to be Stevie 2.

5. USE SOME FRIGGIN' PUNCTUATION. It's already hard enough to take you seriously.

I am sure individually she is an ok singer nothing strong came out of that part of FM that is why she only lasted one cd and tour with just to me that part of FM was not FM to me.

Well, to be honest, what ACTUALLY happened is that the band stopped touring in Sept., 1995. The album was released in Oct., 1995. The album features Lindsey Buckingham on one song. Christine McVie left after it was released (which was obvious, by her song selection). It was announced that Mick Fleetwood was going to play on Lindsey Buckingham's solo album in Feb., 1996, and then announced that Fleetwood Mac had split in March, 1996. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that John and Christine McVie were playing on Lindsey's album. Then, "Twisted" came out in May, 1996. Later in 1996, Bekka & Billy was released. To me, it looks a lot like Lindsey was trying to break up that Mac so that he could get the Rumours band back together. Could it be he wanted that because his own solo masterpiece sold about 50,000 copies? In his defense, Bramlett and Burnette had post-Mac plans while still in the band.

And Yes Bekka was trying to pretend to be Stevie when doing Stevie FM songs on that tour.

SongS? You mean that ONE version of Gold Dust Woman that was a completely different arrangement than Stevie's? Because, THAT was the only song she did. Only one, and it was completely different.

I just don't like other singers trying to pretend to be Stevie

She sang a Stevie song. That hardly equates to pretending to be Stevie. By that logic, Courtney Love, Billy Corgan, the Dixie Chicks, and Waylon Jennings were pretending to be Stevie Nicks. And, if I were a Stevie fan, I think it would have been a bigger insult not having ANY Stevie songs. Wouldn't that have sent the message that the band really felt that Stevie's contributions to Fleetwood Mac were minimal? Hell, I'm still pissed they dropped "Oh Well" for two tours, and haven't played Danny Kirwan or Bob Welch songs since the late '70s, let alone a Jeremy Spencer-Elmore James cover (specifically, "Shake Your Moneymaker").

if Bekka was so great in FM she would be still in the band.

I'm pretty sure she wanted to do more country than she was allowed, and wanted out. See, most people LEAVE Fleetwood Mac. I'm sure the split was mutual.

Stevie Nicks is FM with out Stevie Nicks there is no FM End of Story.

So why did Christine McVie have more hit singles with Fleetwood Mac? Also, Peter Green.